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Prinsburg Minnesota Community Guide

In the southwest corner of Kandiyohi County on Highway 7 is the town
of Prinsburg. A town that has established itself as a close-knit
community where faith and family are very important. These two Prinsburg
values will be evident upon entering the town. With a population just
under 500 people, Prinsburg manages to have two, large Christian
Reformed churches and a new, private school. The religious dedication
and spirit of Prinsburg residents carries out into the community. You’ll
find cosmetically neat housing and yards, as well as an overall safe and
peaceful neighborhood ideal for raising a family.

Prinsburg is a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Minnesota State Highway 7 serves as a main route in the community.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area
of 1.00 square mile (2.59 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,099 ft
(335 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 497 people, 207
households, and 142 families residing in the city. The
population density was 497.0 inhabitants per square mile
(191.9/km2). There were 216 housing units at an average
density of 216.0 per square mile (83.4/km2). The racial
makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 1.2% African
American, 0.4% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 0.4%
from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race
were 1.2% of the population.

There were 207 households of which 28.5% had children
under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married
couples living together, 0.5% had a female householder
with no husband present, 1.4% had a male householder
with no wife present, and 31.4% were non-families. 30.0%
of all households were made up of individuals and 21.2%
had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or
older. The average household size was 2.40 and the
average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 42.1 years. 25.8% of
residents were under the age of 18; 5.9% were between
the ages of 18 and 24; 21.2% were from 25 to 44; 21.8%
were from 45 to 64; and 24.9% were 65 years of age or
older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and
50.9% female.

PRINSBURG,
a city at the center of Holland Township, section 16, platted in 1886,
commemorates Martin Prins, member of a
land firm in Holland, who came here and in 1884 acquired about 35,000
acres of railroad lands, mostly in this county. He died in 1887. The
city was incorporated as a village June 25, 1952; it began when acreage
within the 34,000 acres of land in Kandiyohi and Renville Counties,
owned by two partners, Prins and Theodore Koch, was offered for sale in
1885, with the promise that as soon as 20 Dutch families had settled,
one half of the cost of a church would be contributed by the partners;
40 lots were sold, and 40 acres in the middle of the township were set
aside for a village; the post office was established during three
periods, 1887-89, 1896-1904, and from 1927, each time located in the
general store.